According to the Syfy news forum Blastr, " The series returned from its three-month mid-season hiatus with two back-to-back episodes that could only score a 1.4/4 rating, with 5.53 million total vies in the first hour and 4.59 in the second, or a shocking drop of 25 percent."
When will networks learn that what a show NEVER needs is three months off the air when it's trying to find an audience. A week here and there is bad enough to screw with the most loyal watcher of a new show. But, three months off in mid-season is a killer!
Blaster went on to quote show executive producer Evan Katz (who previously worked on Fox's 24) about the down time. "I think the mistake was not starting us in January to begin with. I mean, as a serialized show. It was like, we need to run these episodes straight through."
I agree with Katz. One of the great things about 24 was that once it started it hit the ground running and you knew that, baring a national event, there was going to be no break in episodes. 24 even had the added bonus of running episodes on back-to-back nights to increase the pull.
The Event is a good show, with a great cast. I personally love serialized drama like this.
Another point the Blastr artricle brought up was that DVR numbers are another story for the show. When the last episode aired in November it got an almost 53 percent boost in DVR numbers. I think it's about time the networks realized that the traditional TV view who sits down and watches a show as it airs, on the night it airs has become a thing of the past. The family that sits down around the TV every Monday night at 8pm to watch their favorite show is dead...long live the new king...and that king is the DVR.
Fingers crossed that the network gets the message and waits until all the information is in and doesn't make a knee jerk reaction and cut the order or can The Event all together.
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